New Year's Eve 2010

Some would say you're supposed to be out partying, having a good time, drinking until you puke. Hmmm..well, I used to do that...when I was, shall we say, a bit less mature than I am today.

We took it a bit more low key today.

Today, well, was the first day that I ventured out of the cabin because well, I hadn't really been out OUT during the whole week. I mean, with a cold and headache and so on, it just didn't seem like the right thing to do. But, today, I thought we only have a couple of more days left to our winter vacation here and I REFUSE, I REFUSE to leave here without having gone out sledding and having a beer at our favorite little eaterie.

We did our sledding, we ate, I had my beer...I came home and basically almost had a relapse. My head was killing me....sinus congestion. The beer about made me keel over. I slept for over an hour and half...barely pulling myself out of bed...to check on the family, I mean, it was New Year's Eve after all.

After chugging down a few Tylenol sinus congestion pills...i felt much better and then could partake more in the festivities -- watching a DVD, eating lots of cheese and crackers and other snacks, kissing my hubby just as the clock turned midnight.

Not anything to write home about in the grand scheme of things, but I thought that it was a perfect ending to the perfect year and am looking forward to all the great things to come in 2011.

Happy New Year, Everyone!





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Lego fun for grown ups (or maybe not so grown)

Taking a little nap

Sniffle, cough, sneeze...

Uh...I am miserable. It all started last Thursday, the scratchy throat, the low voice, watery eyes...I thought it would go away, I mean, I just DON"T get sick. At least not very often.

It didn't go away. No. It went from that to losing my voice on Friday and so now I sound like an almost dead frog with a really stuff nose. I can't breathe. I'm stuffed up with snot. When I bend over, my head hurts, I'm so stuffed up. Drugs don't help. I probably don't have the right kind of drugs. I would just like to get a colonic done on my nose/ sinuses. That would clean everything right out.

No workout for me today, unfortunately. Just a little bit too tired from a coughing fit of a night. I tried to work while Per went skiing. He put me to shame. He skiied approximately 17 km while my ass was on the couch.

Check this picture out:


Isn't he handsome? I am so impressed. It's about -10 degrees out and the man went and did 17km out in the freezing cold.

Of course, we had to have some fun... here's the little one shaking some booty...
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Christmas festivities continue

It's been a fab Christmas so far! Here we are, in super duper cold winter (-23 degrees celsius, that's -5 degrees F for all of you in the US), enjoying the heck out of the holiday season.

I've unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, for Per, have lost my voice. My voice box cackles like a sick duck and I'm coughing like I've smoked 4 packs of cigarettes a day. I try to cure the cough with a cognac or even a vodka soda today..all to no avail. It works for a few minutes and then it's back to the same wracking cough again.

Meanwhile, the husband has been fabulous. He's cooked all the Norwegian meals, cleaned up like a champ and just all around been the best husband that any girl could ask for.

Shame we're supposed to go back to work tomorrow. Good thing we can work from here though. Here's to more Christmas festivities!



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Christmas in the mountains

Eek! Christmas is here!

OMG, what a loser I am. I can't believe that it's been a little over one month since I've made a post. Where has the time gone? What the hell have I been doing? I mean..last post was November 20?

I have no excuse. It's just been super busy. We had a great time in Houston, but the time just flew. And on the last day, right before we were going to leave, Keira ended up getting sick. It was a doozie of a ride home, let me tell you. The plane was cramped. No leg room. She was miserable and had fever and was on top of me the whole trip back. Poor her. Poor me. Poor Per. Just a bunch of poor us's all the way around.

She held in well, though. What a little trooper. Then, when we did get home, that's when all hell almost broke loose. Both of us were working like crazy and had to take turns doing it from home because Keira was sick the whole week. That was tough. Come to find out that she had the flu and some RV virus which can give little kiddos bronchitis.

She's better this week...and then contracted pink eye of all things. urg.

In the meantime, we have our tree up and decorated here at home! It is sooooo beautiful and Christmasy.

It is butt freezing cold here. I mean really cold It's -15 degrees celsius, which is 3 degrees F here.

COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD.